History of the house and race of Douglas and Angus

39* HISTORY OF THE
would not follow his conclusion, and obey his direction; so as
I cannot be persuaded that there could, or would be any dif-
ference between them for that matter; and if there had been
any, they would have composed it, and agreed betwixt them-
selves before that time to have resisted the common enemy:
however they both died in the field; and the Earl of Narbonne
wanted not the reward either of his treachery or headiness and
folly, for he was taken and hanged as guilty of the death of
the Duke of Burgundy: a notable example of the end of such
as ca.'ry themselves after such a manner.
Of those that escaped at this defeat Charles the Dauphin,
afterwards King Charles VII. erected a company, to continue
a guard to himself and his successors for ever, of the Scots na-
tion; for he was not contented to reward their nobles and
leaders with honours and dignities, but thought himself also
obliged to recompense even the inferior sort, and to respect
the whole nation, whose valour and fidelity he had found to
deserve rewarding; as also he saw their service would be stead-
able to him, and therefore in wisdom did thus oblige the
whole country, and engage them to assist him in his war with
England; and so they did, as now, and so often hereafter both
within the Isle and in France, neither could they ever be di-
verted by any loss or damage whatsoever: they did still cleave
fast unto the French, until they were fully freed from the
English, sending over army after army, and captain after cap-
tain, without wearying or relenting, or the least shrinking;
and even after this battle we read of divers that spent their
lives in the French's quarrel against the English, and that
within three years, notwithstanding this great loss, who were
men of quality, such as William Stewart and his brother, and
two Douglases who were predecessors of the houses of Drum-
Janrig and Lcchleven. There was also amongst those that
escaped at this battle of Vernoil, one John Carmichael of the
house of Carmichael in Douglasdale, who was chaplain to the
Duke of Touraine, a valiant and learned man, who remained
in France, and was his worth and good parts made bishop of
Orleans; he it was, that, during the siege thereof, did notably